diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/llm_response_utils/get_headers.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/llm_response_utils/get_headers.py
index 58a5f1715..cd49b5a4a 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/llm_response_utils/get_headers.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/llm_response_utils/get_headers.py
@@ -15,27 +15,28 @@ def get_response_headers(_response_headers: Optional[dict] = None) -> dict:
         dict: _response_headers with OpenAI headers and llm_provider-{header}
 
     """
-    if _response_headers is not None:
-        openai_headers = {}
-        if "x-ratelimit-limit-requests" in _response_headers:
-            openai_headers["x-ratelimit-limit-requests"] = _response_headers[
-                "x-ratelimit-limit-requests"
-            ]
-        if "x-ratelimit-remaining-requests" in _response_headers:
-            openai_headers["x-ratelimit-remaining-requests"] = _response_headers[
-                "x-ratelimit-remaining-requests"
-            ]
-        if "x-ratelimit-limit-tokens" in _response_headers:
-            openai_headers["x-ratelimit-limit-tokens"] = _response_headers[
-                "x-ratelimit-limit-tokens"
-            ]
-        if "x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens" in _response_headers:
-            openai_headers["x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens"] = _response_headers[
-                "x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens"
-            ]
-        llm_provider_headers = _get_llm_provider_headers(_response_headers)
-        return {**llm_provider_headers, **openai_headers}
-    return {}
+    if _response_headers is None:
+        return {}
+
+    openai_headers = {}
+    if "x-ratelimit-limit-requests" in _response_headers:
+        openai_headers["x-ratelimit-limit-requests"] = _response_headers[
+            "x-ratelimit-limit-requests"
+        ]
+    if "x-ratelimit-remaining-requests" in _response_headers:
+        openai_headers["x-ratelimit-remaining-requests"] = _response_headers[
+            "x-ratelimit-remaining-requests"
+        ]
+    if "x-ratelimit-limit-tokens" in _response_headers:
+        openai_headers["x-ratelimit-limit-tokens"] = _response_headers[
+            "x-ratelimit-limit-tokens"
+        ]
+    if "x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens" in _response_headers:
+        openai_headers["x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens"] = _response_headers[
+            "x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens"
+        ]
+    llm_provider_headers = _get_llm_provider_headers(_response_headers)
+    return {**llm_provider_headers, **openai_headers}
 
 
 def _get_llm_provider_headers(response_headers: dict) -> dict: